Resistance of Rhodococcus equi to acid pH

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 295-298

  Benoit, Stéphanie ^a   Taouji, Saïd ^b   Benachour, Abdellah ^a   Hartke, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Rhodococcus equi; Stress; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HORSE; NONHUMAN; PH; PLASMID; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TWO DIMENSIONAL ELECTROPHORESIS;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PLASMIDS; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; VIRULENCE;

EQUIDAE; POSIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI;

EID: 0034630238     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(00)00172-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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